Verstappen: Red Bull “Better”, but not “where I want it” Jeddah F1 after practice “

Max Verustapane It is said that Red Bull has found a “better” feeling at the pace of one -image in practice for Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – but long overall performance notes are still not “where I want it”.

Four -time world champions finished third in the FP1 after finishing only ninth in the FP1, and in the second session it was more than a quarter of a second behind McLarens, with his run on a soft tire.

It was expected, due to the surface of the smooth track and low decline levels, that during the red bull race-style run will be less than its troubled RB21 on tire management.

But Dutchman said that in the two Friday sessions, between the explorations of various set-ups, there were prolonged “hard”.

“We tried some different things with the car, trying to find a different direction with it, and I think we have learned a lot from it,” he said.

“It’s still not where I want it to be; personally I don’t really look at the gap and I think at the end of the day you just have to go with your feeling and what you feel in the car in a lap, and it’s a little better. But in the long run, they were very difficult for us.”

Vastapane hopes that the red bull will improve overnight and noted McLarenThe advantage on other teams was still large, as Lando Noris’s chart-topping FP2 time was 0.28S faster than 1m28.267s World Champion.

His red bull team partner Yuki Sunoda The FP2 was not away from the final speed before the crash during the closing stages, clipped the wall in the last corner – a not a variant -a varostapane – a variant incident for a version continued in the battle for the pole in 2021.

“It is a different (feeling Bahrain) because it is a separate track and the level of grip is different, but the set-up is also completely different, so it is very difficult to compare it,” Vastapane said.

“I think a standout is definitely very competitive again McLaren is very competitive, but we still have a lot of work and to understand things.”